Tone deaf influencer ripped over mistakenly buying $13K shoes: So many people starving
A Sydney woman has caused a divide by sharing how she accidentally spent $13,000 on shoes during a cost-of-living crisis.Elle Salagaras, 29, lives in Sydney and runs the popular TikTok account Eastern Suburbs Mum, which has racked up over 2 million likes.While many influencers, particularly mums, build their audience on being relatable, Ms Salagaras instead shares her affluent life with followers.Instead of going with the warts and all social media overshare approach, the 29-year-old is likelier to share content about her Birkin bag.Naturally, she took to social media to share the moment she spent far more than she bargained for at the luxury store Hermes.Salagaras explained that she decided to purchase a pair of the brand’s iconic Chypre Sandals.The starting price for this design is just over $1700, but the cost goes up depending on the material used.The young mum picked up a particularly expensive pair, worth $13,155, made from crocodile and sheep skin.The slides look casual and cosy, not unlike Birkenstocks, but the pair Salagaras purchased cost more than what some people spend on their cars.Salagaras then made a TikTok showing off her new shoes and calling them “gorg,” but she admitted that she didn’t expect to spend that much.After waving the shoes around in front of the camera, she explained that she’d never intended to outlay so much.“I definitely got very confused about the price, which is my fault.I had heard one number … so embarrassing,” she said.Salagaras said she already had them on her feet when she went to the checkout because she planned to wear them out of the store.
When she heard the price, she was thrown, but she just said, “It’s fine,” and bought them anyway.“We are committing to the shoe.I should have known Hermes,” she said.Salagaras didn’t mention how much they cost, but people looked them up and quickly expressed their shock.“The price.
I’m dead,” one wrote.“The price! Oh my god,” another said.It wasn�...